"I've got the best poll numbers I've ever had! Red hot!!!"

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21. I suspect that is what's happening

Trump's inner circle is reinforcing the delusion that he's beloved and the public approves every awful move. Fox News certainly defends him with pretzel-like logic and the right-wing, online echo machine does the same. Then there's his cognitive decline which despite the boasting is profound.

The people around Agent Orange are desperate to keep the farce going.

The problem is the sinking approval numbers and the economy getting worse by the day. And the Resistance, too--in the streets, the courts, the halls of Congress.

The push back is working and the fracture lines are getting bigger.

I sense we're approaching a crescendo of some sort. What comes after is the real question, particularly as we get closer to the midterm elections. Even MTG can see the writing on the wall.